In Rehearsal is a clear and easy-to-follow 'how-to' approach to the rehearsal process. Author Gary Sloan brings over thirty years worth of acting experience to bear on the question of how to rehearse both as an individual actor and as part of the team of professionals that underpins any successful production.

Foreword by Zelda Fichandler Prologue: Hoodwinking Hamlet Part I In The World Introduction to Part I 1. Good Ground- The Givens of Rehearsal 2. The Four Week Gig - Act 1 3. The Four Week Gig - Act 2 4. A Creative Process - Six Approaches 5. Get Serious - Seven Ways 6. The Living Rehearsal - a 24/7 Gig Part II In The Room Introduction to Part II 7. Actor, Playwright -The Words Made Flesh 8. Actor, Director - In the Trenches 9. Actor, Designers - A Common Purpose 10. Actor, Dramaturges, Stage Managers and Fight Masters - A Big Tent 11. Shakespeare's Mountain - Poetic Language 12. Musical Theatre - An American Original 13. Film and Television - Less Is More Part III On Your Own Introduction to Part III 14. A Declaration of Independence -Your Own Creative Process 15. Techniques -Reading and Researching the Role 16. More Techniques - On Your Feet and In Your Sleep 17. The Understudy - The Readiness is All 18. How Professionals Break through - Actor's Block 19. Rehearsing Life - Fake it 'til You Make It Conclusion Good Night, Sweet Prince